Abstract:

The assignment by proxy is a procedure applied in the event that there is no proxy public official with required conditions. In the absence of public official, the public service is carried out by a public official who does not carry the characteristics to be assigned in person officially. The frequent use of this assignment by proxy procedure in practice necessities examination of whether this procedure is in conformity with the law. In the study, the definition of assignment by proxy was made and its scope was determined. Then, it has been determined that this method is applied based on which legal rules. It has been determined that there is no legal basis for this assignment procedure which constitutes the subject of our work. The meaning and the scope of the assignment by proxy has not been determined by the law but by the first administrative authority with regulatory administrative action. It has been reached that it is contrary to the principle of legality in administrative law the application of an assignment procedure lacking legal basis is based on regulatory administrative acts of matter.

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